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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2014 Nov 7;122(2):262–272. doi: 10.3171/2014.9.JNS14406
Authors & Year Sample Size Participant Age Group Outcome System Standardized Score Source of Outcome Data
Alfieri & Pinna, 2012 109 Adult DSS + SSR VAS-pain CI, PRI
Aliaga, et al., 2012 146 Child + adult DSS CCOS CI
Anderson et al., 2003 11 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Arora et al., 20045 17 Child + adult DSS Klekamp & Samii score CI
Arora et al., 20044 48 Child + adult DSS Klekamp & Samii score CI
Arruda et al., 2004 60 Child + adult Gestalt + SSR NA CI
Attenello et al., 2008 49 Child Gestalt + SSR NA CI
Attenello et al., 2009 67 Child Gestalt NA CI
Bao et al., 2013 147 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Batzdorf et al., 2013 177 Child + adult SSR NA CI
Behari et al., 2007 39 Child + adult DSS Klekamp & Samii score CI
Caldarelli et al., 2007 30 Child Gestalt NA CI
Chauvet et al., 2009 11 Adult SSR NA CI
Cui et al., 2011 20 Unclear Gestalt NA CI
Di, 2009 26 Child Gestalt + SSR NA CI
Dones et al., 2003 27 Child + adult SSR NA CI
El-Ghandour, 2012 46 Adult Gestalt NA CI
Erdogan et al., 2010 27 Unclear Gestalt NA CI
Foreman et al., 2012 48 Child Gestalt NA CI
Furtado et al., 2011 20 Child DSS + SSR Asgari score CI
Galarza et al., 2007 60 Child Gestalt NA CI
Godil et al., 2013 50 Adult DSS, GFS VAS-head/neck, Neck Disability Index, Headache Disability Index, EuroQol-5D, SF-12, Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale PRI
Heiss et al., 2010 16 Child + adult SSR NA CI
Hekman et al., 2012 167 Child + adult DSS CCOS CI
Hoffman & Souweidane, 2008 40 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Hyun et al., 2013 30 Child + adult DSS JOA score CI
Kalb et al., 2012 104 Child + adult Gestalt + SSR NA CI
Kim et al., 2004 11 Child Gestalt NA CI
Klekamp, 201236 107 Unclear DSS Klekamp & Samii score CI
Klekamp, 201237 359 Unclear Gestalt + DSS Klekamp & Samii score CI
Koç et al., 2007 18 Adult DSS Asgari score CI
Kumar et al., 2008 87 Child + adult DSS Klekamp & Samii score CI
Kunert et al., 2009 38 Child + adult Gestalt, GFS Rankin Scale, Karnofsky Performance Scale CI
Lam et al., 2013 22 Adult SSR NA PRI
Lee et al., 2012 25 Adult Gestalt, SSR NA CI
Levo et al., 2010 46 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Limonadi & Selden, 2004 24 Child + adult DSS Limonadi score CI
Litvack et al., 2013 110 Child SSR NA CI
Massimi et al., 2008 30 Child Gestalt + SSR NA CI
Massimi et al., 2011 15 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
McGirt et al., 2006 130 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
McGirt et al., 200851 44 Child Gestalt NA CI
McGirt et al., 200852 256 Child Gestalt NA CI
McGirt et al., 200853 256 Child Gestalt NA CI
Mottolese et al., 2011 82 Child Gestalt NA CI
Mueller & Oro’, 2005 112 Child + adult GFS Sickness Impact Profile PRI
Navarro et al., 2004 96 Child Gestalt NA CI
Noudel et al., 2011 11 Child + adult GFS Noudel’s adapted functional grading system CI
Ono et al., 2007 27 Adult DSS JOA score CI
Ono et al., 2010 20 Adult DSS JOA score + VAS-pain CI
Panigrahi et al., 2004 21 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Perrini et al., 2007 24 Adult SSR NA CI
Prat & Galeano, 2009 13 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Pritz, 2003 14 Adult Gestalt + SSR NA CI
Ramnarayan et al., 2008 51 Child + adult Gestalt + SSR NA CI
Romero & Pereira, 2010 16 Adult Gestalt NA CI
Sakushima et al., 2013 232 Child + adult SSR NA CI
Shamji et al., 2010 24 Child Gestalt NA CI
Sivaramakrishnan et al., 2004 12 Adult Gestalt NA CI
Spena et al., 2010 36 Adult Gestalt NA CI
Takayasu et al., 2004 16 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Tisell et al., 2009 23 Child + adult GFS + SSR VAS-quality of life PRI
Tubbs et al., 2004 22 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Tubbs et al., 2003 130 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Tubbs et al., 2011 500 Child Gestalt NA CI
Valentini et al., 2011 99 Child Gestalt NA CI
Ventureyra et al., 2003 24 Unclear Gestalt NA CI
Wetjen et al., 2008 29 Child + adult SSR NA CI
Williams et al., 2013 34 Unclear GFS SF-36 PRI
Yeh et al., 2006 130 Child Gestalt NA CI
Yilmaz et al., 2011 82 Adult DSS JOA score CI
Zamel et al., 2009 80 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Zhang et al., 2011 132 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI
Zhang et al., 2008 316 Child + adult Gestalt NA CI

CI = clinician impression; DSS = disease-specific scale; GFS = general function scale; NA = not applicable; PRI = patient-response instrument; SF-12 = Short Form-12 Health Survey; SF-36 = Short Form-36 Health Survey; SSR = sign/symptom-specific reporting.